Author: ProHoster

Alienware updates gaming laptops and PCs with Comet Lake processors and GeForce RTX Super graphics

Dell's gaming division, Alienware, has updated its series of gaming laptops and desktop gaming stations. The systems offer new 10th generation Intel Core processors, as well as the latest graphics cards from NVIDIA and AMD. Externally, the Alienware Area 51-m R2 gaming laptop looks almost exactly the same as its predecessor. The main external changes affected only the color design of the case. But […]

Epic Games director calls PS5 'absolutely phenomenal' and praises its SSD

After demonstrating Unreal Engine 5 on the PlayStation 5, Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney spoke about Sony's next-generation console. He called the PS5 "absolutely amazing" and praised the solid-state drive (SSD) built into the device. As the PlayStation Universe portal reports with reference to the original source, the manager liked the high-end architecture of the PlayStation 5. In particular, he praised […]

Red Hat open-sourced its Bugzilla edition

Red Hat has released the source code for its Bugzilla system, which is used to maintain a bug database, track bug fixes, and coordinate new feature implementations. Bugzilla's code is written in Perl and distributed under the MPL license. The largest projects using Bugzilla are Mozilla, Red Hat, and SUSE. Red Hat uses its own fork of […]

Chrome will start blocking resource-intensive ads

Google announced that it will soon begin blocking ads in Chrome that consume a lot of bandwidth or CPU. When certain thresholds are exceeded, iframe ads that consume too many resources will be automatically disabled. Over the next few months, experiments will be conducted to selectively activate the blocker for certain categories of users, after which the new feature will be rolled out to the general public at the end of August.

Release of Finnix 120, a live distribution for system administrators

After five years of inactivity, the Finnix Live distribution, based on the Debian 10.4 package base and Linux kernel 5.4, has resumed production to celebrate the project's 20th anniversary. The distribution only supports console operation, but it contains a good selection of utilities for administrators. It includes 586 packages with a wide range of utilities. The ISO image size is 477 MB. The new release features […]

How not to let the accountant throw himself or We translate 1C into the cloud. Step-by-step instruction

How are companies currently managed? Typically, it's a 1C package installed on the accountant's local computer, which is used by a full-time accountant or an outsourced specialist. The outsourcer may manage several such client companies simultaneously, sometimes even competing ones. With this approach, access to bank accounts, cryptographic security tools, electronic document management, and other important services is configured directly on the accountant's computer. What […]

Stock Market Beginners: Honest Talk About Trading

The RUVDS blog on Habré has seen everything: the popularization of JavaScript and cool translated materials, yachting, education and professional development issues, burgers, cheeses, beer and calendars with cybergirls. The idea to talk about the basics of trading and working on the stock market has been on our minds for a long time, and here's why. Most stock writing companies have a clear goal: to get customers for their […]

Wireless communication during remote work - a backup channel and more

We continue the conversation about the nuances, and recommended best practices. Backup channel - is it needed and what should it be? Introduction Until the moment when you start working remotely in earnest and for a long time, you do not think about many things. For example, how to ensure a quick system restore. Where can I get a computer to replace a broken one, if you need to connect to work not every other day, but […]

The growth rate of registrations of "coronavirus" domains in Runet has halved

The growth rate of COVID-19-related domain name registrations on the RuNet has slowed, according to a report from the Coordination Center for .RU/.РФ domains. According to the agency, 187 "coronavirus" domains were added to the .RU zone in the first two weeks of May, while 41 domains were added to the .РФ zone. The total increase was 228 domain names, which is lower than the last figures for April […]

And let the PS5 wait: the scene from the Unreal Engine 5 demo was recreated in Dreams

Artist Martin Nebelong was impressed by the recent demonstration of Unreal Engine 5 on PlayStation 5 and decided to pay tribute to the technological genius of Epic Games' team in Dreams. Media Molecule's game tools allowed Nebelong to recreate the opening scene of the aforementioned presentation: the heroine finds herself in a cave with sunlight streaming through. "I was thrilled with the demonstration […]

NVIDIA Isaac Sim 2020.1 Platform Accelerates Robot Development and Simulation

During the #GTC20 virtual keynote, NVIDIA CEO and founder Jensen Huang demonstrated the industry's first platform for developing robotic AI with simulation, navigation, and manipulation. The video shows a model of the NVIDIA Kaya robot pushing rigid bodies and soft beach balls, a model manipulator handling baskets, trays, and other objects, and […]